Nonstop flight route between Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea and Moses Lake, Washington, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from HGU to MWH:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- HGU Airport Information
- MWH Airport Information
- Facts about HGU
- Facts about MWH
- Map of Nearest Airports to HGU
- List of Nearest Airports to HGU
- Map of Furthest Airports from HGU
- List of Furthest Airports from HGU
- Map of Nearest Airports to MWH
- List of Nearest Airports to MWH
- Map of Furthest Airports from MWH
- List of Furthest Airports from MWH
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mount Hagen Airport (HGU), Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea and Grant County International Airport (MWH), Moses Lake, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,813 miles (or 10,965 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Mount Hagen Airport and Grant County International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Mount Hagen Airport and Grant County International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HGU / AYMH |
Airport Name: | Mount Hagen Airport |
Location: | Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°49'36"S by 144°17'45"E |
Area Served: | Mount Hagen |
Elevation: | 5388 feet (1,642 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HGU |
More Information: | HGU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MWH / KMWH |
Airport Name: | Grant County International Airport |
Location: | Moses Lake, Washington, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°12'30"N by 119°19'9"W |
Area Served: | Moses Lake, Washington |
Operator/Owner: | Port of Moses Lake |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1189 feet (362 meters) |
# of Runways: | 5 |
View all routes: | Routes from MWH |
More Information: | MWH Maps & Info |
Facts about Mount Hagen Airport (HGU):
- Mount Hagen Airport (HGU) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Mount Hagen Airport (HGU) is Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR), which is located 11,745 miles (18,902 kilometers) away in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
- The closest airport to Mount Hagen Airport (HGU) is Chimbu Airport (CMU), which is located 48 miles (78 kilometers) ESE of HGU.
- Because of Mount Hagen Airport's high elevation of 5,388 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HGU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HGU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Grant County International Airport (MWH):
- The furthest airport from Grant County International Airport (MWH) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,730 miles (17,268 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Grant County International Airport (MWH) has 5 runways.
- The main campus for Big Bend Community College is also located on the grounds of the airport.
- The closest airport to Grant County International Airport (MWH) is Ephrata Municipal Airport (EPH), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NW of MWH.
- In 2011, the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild AFB in Spokane temporarily moved its KC-135 R/T fleet and operations to Moses Lake while Fairchild's runway underwent reconstruction and other infrastructure improvements, to include an upgrade to the base's aviation fuel distribution system.
- Grant County International Airport was an alternate landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle.